Simon El Boustani, Senior Editor

Simon El Boustani

Senior Editor

Al Jazeera Satellite News Channel

Location
Qatar - Doha
Education
Diploma, Weather Forecast Expert Degree
Experience
32 years, 5 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :32 years, 5 Months

Senior Editor at Al Jazeera Satellite News Channel
  • Qatar - Doha
  • My current job since January 2003

Produce and Edit television programs, news and reports by
operating video tape recorders, dubbing machines and audio
mixers and adjusting music and sound effects.
Provide training courses for video editors and Assist in
producing economic and sports bulletins as an audiovisual
system operator.
Inspect the quality of videos before transmission.

Audio Technician at Radio France International
  • Lebanon
  • January 1994 to January 2003

Record and Modify audio content by mixing tracks together
and creating sound effects.
Produce live air talk shows and news Broadcasts.

Audio Technician at Lebanese Ministry of Information
  • Lebanon
  • January 1994 to January 2003

Set up sound and recording equipment and Operate audio
tape recorders and players for the production of radio
programs and reports.
Fine-tune the recordings by regulating volume levels and
sound quality and adding sound effects.
Establish smooth operation, maintenance and storage of the
equipment in use.

VTR Editor at Tele Liban
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • January 1993 to January 2001

Arrange sound and editing equipment and Work on video
players and recorders.
Ensure that the recorded content meets the technical
requirements and Create sound effects for television
programs and reports.

Head of Sound Section at Sawt El Jabal Radio Station
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • January 1992 to January 1996

Develop radio programs and Operate dubbing machines to
playback edited dialogue from different sources in
synchronization with foreign languages and programs.

Education

Diploma, Weather Forecast Expert Degree
  • at Lebanese Forecast Institute
  • January 2002

Weather Forecast Expert Degree

Bachelor's degree, Political Science
  • at Lebanese University
  • January 1990

Specialties & Skills

News Editing
Videography
Sound Editing
Video Editing
Avid News Cutter
Adobe Premiere CC
Sony SP, Digital, SX, DVCAM, IMX Video Tape Recorders & Players
Sony Machine to Machine Editing "Straight Cut"
Sony BVE-2000 A/B Roll Editing Machine
Final Cut Pro 7
Avid Media Composer
Sony DVCAM/SX Field Editor
EDITING
PRODUCTION
QUALITY
TELEVISION
TRANSMISSION
CONTENT MANAGEMENT
Avid Xpress Pro 4.3
Yamaha DM-1000 Audio Mixer
Grass Valley News Edit & KAYAK DD Video Switcher
Non-Linear Audio Editing System

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Intermediate
French
Intermediate

Training and Certifications

Windows, Microsoft Office Word and Excel (Training)
Training Institute:
Al Jazeera Training Center
Radio Talk Show Production and Direction (Training)
Training Institute:
Radio France International
Forecast Announcement and Production (Training)
Training Institute:
NA
Linear & Non-Linear Editing Skills (Training)
Training Institute:
Al Jazeera Training Center
Non-Linear Editing Skills (Training)
Training Institute:
Al Jazeera Training Center
Camera Man (Training)
Training Institute:
Al Jazeera Training Center
Avid iNews Newsroom Management Platform (Training)
Training Institute:
Al Jazeera Training Center